Table of Contents:
  • The role of spirituality in the care of seriously ill, chronically ill, and dying patients / Christina M. Puchalski
  • Spirituality in palliative care : an ethical imperative / Laurence J. O'Connell
  • Spiritual care : compassion and service to others / Christina M. Puchalski
  • Spiritual stages of dying / Christina M. Puchalski
  • The spiritual issues faced by children and adolescents at the end of life / Patricia Fosarelli
  • The healthcare professional as person : the spirituality of providing care at the end of life / Daniel P. Sulmasy
  • On sacred ground--the role of chaplains in the care of the dying : a partnership between the religious community and the healthcare community / The Reverend Stephan Mann
  • A Buddhist approach to end-of-life care / Lobsang Rapgay
  • Spirituality in end-of-life care from a Catholic perspective : reflections of a hospital chaplain / Mary Lou O'Gorman
  • Building bridges : the Protestant perspective / The Reverence Natalia Vonnegut Beck
  • Spiritual in palliative care--a Hindu perspective / Uma Mysorekar
  • Faith and Islamic issues at the end of life / Imam Yusuf Hasan and Yusef Salaam
  • Spirituality, suffering, and prayerful presence within Jewish tradition / David J. Zucker and Bonita E. Taylor
  • Ojibwe beiliefs and rituals in end-of-life care / Robert Chi-Noodin Palmer and Marianne Leslie Palmer
  • Spiritual care : practical tools / Christina M. Puchalski
  • Caring for patients at the end of life : honoring the patient's story / John D. Engel, Lura Pethtel, and Joseph Zarconi
  • Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer patients / Christopher Gibson, Alexis Tomarken, and William Breitbart
  • Reflections on dance and music therapy in palliative care / Janet Lynn Roseman
  • "Waking dreams" The arts : a nondenomeninational tool for reconnecting spirituality and medicine / Betheanne Deluca-Verley
  • The role of music at the end of life / Michael Stillwater-Korns and Gary Malkin
  • Grief : a wall or a door / Paul Tschudi
  • Transformation and redemption through the dark night of the soul / Cornelius Bennhold
  • Rhonda--patient as teacher / Rhonda Oziel and Dennis Oziel
  • Hope for the future / Christina M. Puchalski.